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blackboard

[blak-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈblækˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /
NOUN
chalkboard
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His wife, Francesca, left her job as a management consultant at ed-tech firm Blackboard to run the business’s finances.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2023

His breakthrough came in The Blackboard Jungle in 1955, in the role of a disruptive pupil in an inner-city school.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2022

He went on to appear in films like "Blackboard Jungle," "Forbidden Planet," "The Tender Trap," "Love Me Tender," "The Last Wagon," "Pollyanna," "Ten Who Dared," "Ride the High Country," among others.

From Fox News • Apr. 6, 2020

Blackboard jungle: After graduation, McGuire joined her husband in Memphis, where he was a school administrator.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2016

Blackboard, who seemed a jovial brute, burst into a loud guffaw.

From Spanish Doubloons by Kenyon, Camilla



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